HEAD START TRANSITION.

SEC. 110. HEAD START TRANSITION. The Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 642 the following: “SEC. 642A. HEAD START TRANSITION. “Each Head Start agency shall take steps to coordinate with the local educational agency serving the community involved and with schools in which children participating in a Head Start program operated by such agency will enroll following such program, including— “(1) developing and implementing a systematic procedure for transferring, with parental consent, Head Start program 112 STAT. 2718records for each participating child to the school in which such child will enroll; “(2) establishing channels of communication between Head Start staff and their counterparts in the schools (including teachers, social workers, and health staff) to facilitate coordination of programs; “(3) conducting meetings involving parents, kindergarten or elementary school teachers, and Head Start program teachers to discuss the educational, developmental, and other needs of individual children; “(4) organizing and participating in joint transition-related training of school staff and Head Start staff; “(5) developing and implementing a family outreach and support program in cooperation with entities carrying out parental involvement efforts under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); “(6) assisting families, administrators, and teachers in enhancing educational and developmental continuity between Head Start services and elementary school classes; and “(7) linking the services provided in such Head Start program with the education services provided by such local educational agency.”.